02581nam 22005894a 450 991045090870332120200520144314.01-280-52344-10-19-536378-71-4294-2007-3(CKB)1000000000411732(EBL)271278(OCoLC)252585128(SSID)ssj0000134607(PQKBManifestationID)11954068(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134607(PQKBWorkID)10055982(PQKB)11745215(MiAaPQ)EBC271278(Au-PeEL)EBL271278(CaPaEBR)ebr10142136(CaONFJC)MIL52344(EXLCZ)99100000000041173220050824d2006 uys 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDance anecdotes[electronic resource] stories from the worlds of ballet, Broadway, the ballroom, and modern dance /Mindy AloffOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505411-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index.Contents; Preface; Towering Figures; Of Steps and Their Authorship; Music Makes Me . . .; The Rehearsal Room; Coaches and Teachers; Hands and Things That Can Fill Them; Balletomania and Other Thrills; Inspiration; Seductions Attempted, Surmised, and Realized; Critical Lines; Turning Points; From Stage to Page; Fauna; Scandals; Touring; The Theaters; Costumes, Footgear, and Hair Do's and Don'ts; Makeup; Conductors; Dancing and Related Theatrical Professions; Dancing and the Movies; Injuries, Maladies, Misfortunes, and Cures; On Partnering and Partnerships; A Mark, a Yen, a Buck, or a PoundSets and StagecraftBig Pictures; Afterword: A Note on Anecdotes as Ingredients of Dance History; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Credits; IndexA collection of stories that aim to capture the boundless variety and richness of dance as an art, a tradition, a profession, an obsession, and an ideal.DanceAnecdotesDancersAnecdotesElectronic books.DanceDancers792.8Aloff Mindy1947-960041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450908703321Dance anecdotes2175920UNINA